diff --git a/.github/workflows/typesense.yml b/.github/workflows/typesense.yml
index f2ff2c74..0558a23f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/typesense.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/typesense.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ jobs:
 
       typesense:
         image: typesense/typesense:26.0
+        env:
+          TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR: /data
+          TYPESENSE_API_KEY: xyz
         ports:
           - 8108:8108
         options: --health-cmd="curl --fail http://localhost:8108/health || exit 1" --health-interval=10s --health-timeout=5s --health-retries=3